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Salt Bath Annealing Doesn't Work! by AMP
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<blockquote data-quote="Old Rooster" data-source="post: 1637485" data-attributes="member: 108576"><p>I too bought Mr Chambers Salt Bath Annealing kit and am very happy.</p><p>I wondered if it really worked so I did a simple test.I had 20 cases of 30-06 that was too worn to reload and tried a primer pocket uniforming tool to see if it worked so I had extra brass to spare.I used 10 at a time.</p><p>I put the Lee pot to at 450 degrees Cel and put the brass in for 5 seconds for 10 cases then put them in water.</p><p>On the second 10 I put them in for 10 seconds at a little higher at around 500 cel and took all 20 out of the water bucket and dried them all out and tried to reload(without powder and primers).</p><p>The 10 that I put in salt bath for 5 seconds loaded all 150 gr bullets just fine.</p><p>The second 10 that stayed in the salt bath for 10 seconds at 500 cel crushed all 10 cases at the neck.</p><p>While not scientific it showed that annealing took place on the first 10 cases and too much time in salt bath annealed the cases way too soft for use on the second 10 cases.</p><p>I'll stay with Mr Chambers Salt Bath system</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Rooster, post: 1637485, member: 108576"] I too bought Mr Chambers Salt Bath Annealing kit and am very happy. I wondered if it really worked so I did a simple test.I had 20 cases of 30-06 that was too worn to reload and tried a primer pocket uniforming tool to see if it worked so I had extra brass to spare.I used 10 at a time. I put the Lee pot to at 450 degrees Cel and put the brass in for 5 seconds for 10 cases then put them in water. On the second 10 I put them in for 10 seconds at a little higher at around 500 cel and took all 20 out of the water bucket and dried them all out and tried to reload(without powder and primers). The 10 that I put in salt bath for 5 seconds loaded all 150 gr bullets just fine. The second 10 that stayed in the salt bath for 10 seconds at 500 cel crushed all 10 cases at the neck. While not scientific it showed that annealing took place on the first 10 cases and too much time in salt bath annealed the cases way too soft for use on the second 10 cases. I'll stay with Mr Chambers Salt Bath system [/QUOTE]
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